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chapter_n who_o shall_v be_v his_o heyr_n if_o therefore_o he_o will_v have_v no_o heir_n there_o be_v no_o sovereignty_n nor_o subjection_n the_o case_n be_v the_o same_o if_o he_o die_v without_o know_a kindred_n and_o without_o declaration_n of_o his_o heir_n for_o then_o there_o can_v no_o heir_n be_v know_v and_o consequent_o no_o subjection_n be_v due_a if_o the_o sovereign_n banish_v his_o subject_n during_o the_o banishment_n he_o be_v banishment_n not_o subject_a but_o he_o that_o be_v send_v on_o a_o message_n or_o have_v leave_v to_o travel_v be_v still_o subject_a but_o it_o be_v by_o contract_n between_o sovereign_n not_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o subjection_n for_o whosoever_o enter_v into_o another_o dominion_n be_v subject_a to_o all_o the_o law_n thereof_o unless_o he_o have_v a_o privilege_n by_o the_o amity_n of_o the_o sovereign_n or_o by_o special_a licence_n if_o a_o monarch_n subdue_v by_o war_n render_v himself_o subject_a to_o the_o victor_n 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sovereign_a power_n that_o be_v to_o say_v with_o the_o very_o be_v of_o a_o commonwealth_n if_o the_o subject_n shall_v refuse_v to_o obey_v the_o command_n in_o any_o thing_n contrary_a to_o the_o liberty_n grant_v this_o be_v nevertheless_o a_o sin_n and_o contrary_a to_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o subject_a for_o he_o ought_v to_o take_v notice_n of_o what_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o the_o sovereignty_n because_o it_o be_v erect_v by_o his_o own_o consent_n and_o for_o his_o own_o defence_n and_o that_o such_o liberty_n as_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o it_o be_v grant_v through_o ignorance_n of_o the_o evil_a consequence_n thereof_o but_o if_o he_o not_o only_o disobey_v but_o also_o resist_v a_o public_a minister_n in_o the_o execution_n of_o it_o than_o it_o be_v a_o crime_n because_o he_o may_v have_v be_v right_v without_o any_o breach_n of_o the_o peace_n upon_o complaint_n the_o degree_n of_o crime_n be_v take_v on_o divers_a scale_n and_o measure_v first_o by_o the_o 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persuasion_n that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o he_o that_o commit_v it_o against_o his_o own_o conscience_n presume_v on_o his_o force_n or_o other_o power_n which_o encourage_v he_o to_o commit_v the_o same_o again_o but_o he_o that_o do_v it_o by_o error_n after_o the_o error_n show_v he_o be_v conformable_a to_o the_o law_n he_o who_o error_n proceed_v from_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o teacher_n or_o extenuate_v a_o interpreter_n of_o the_o law_n public_o authorise_v be_v not_o so_o faulty_a as_o he_o who_o error_n proceed_v from_o a_o peremptory_a pursuit_n of_o his_o own_o principle_n and_o reason_v for_o what_o be_v teach_v by_o one_o that_o teach_v by_o public_a authority_n the_o commonwealth_n â—…eacheth_v and_o have_v a_o resemblance_n of_o law_n till_o
the_o fundamental_a law_n to_o the_o molestation_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n like_o the_o little_a worm_n which_o physician_n call_v ascaride_n we_o may_v further_o add_v the_o insatiable_a appetite_n or_o bulimia_fw-la of_o enlarge_a dominion_n with_o the_o incurable_a wound_n thereby_o many_o time_n receive_v from_o the_o enemy_n and_o the_o wen_n of_o ununited_a conquest_n which_o be_v many_o time_n a_o burden_n and_o with_o less_o danger_n lose_v than_o keep_v as_o also_o the_o lethargy_n of_o ease_n and_o consumption_n of_o riot_n and_o vain_a expense_n last_o when_o in_o a_o war_n foreign_a or_o intestine_a the_o enemy_n get_v a_o commonwealth_n final_a victory_n so_o as_o the_o force_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n keep_v the_o field_n no_o long_o there_o be_v no_o far_a protection_n of_o subject_n in_o their_o loyaly_n then_o be_v the_o commonwealth_n dissolve_v and_o every_o man_n at_o liberty_n to_o protect_v himself_o by_o such_o course_n as_o his_o own_o discretion_n shall_v suggest_v unto_o he_o for_o the_o sovereign_n be_v the_o public_a soul_n give_v life_n and_o motion_n to_o the_o commonwealth_n which_o expire_n the_o member_n be_v govern_v by_o it_o no_o more_o than_o the_o carcase_n of_o a_o man_n by_o his_o depart_v though_o immortal_a soul_n for_o though_o the_o right_n of_o a_o sovereign_a monarch_n can_v be_v extinguish_v by_o the_o act_n of_o another_o yet_o the_o obligation_n of_o the_o member_n may_v for_o he_o that_o want_v protection_n may_v seek_v it_o any_o where_o and_o when_o he_o have_v it_o be_v oblige_v without_o fraudulent_a pretence_n of_o have_v submit_v himself_o out_o of_o fear_n to_o protect_v his_o protection_n as_o long_o as_o he_o be_v able_a but_o when_o the_o power_n of_o a_o assembly_n be_v once_o suppress_v the_o right_a of_o the_o same_o perish_v utter_o because_o the_o assembly_n itself_o be_v extinct_a and_o consequent_o there_o be_v no_o possibility_n for_o the_o sovereignty_n to_o re-enter_v chap._n xxx_o of_o the_o office_n of_o the_o sovereign_n representative_a the_o office_n of_o the_o sovereign_n be_v it_o a_o monarch_n or_o a_o people_n assembly_n consist_v in_o the_o end_n for_o which_o he_o be_v trust_v with_o the_o sovereign_a power_n namely_o the_o procuration_n of_o the_o safety_n of_o the_o people_n to_o which_o he_o be_v oblige_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o to_o render_v a_o account_n thereof_o to_o god_n the_o author_n of_o that_o law_n and_o to_o none_o but_o he_o but_o by_o safety_n here_o be_v not_o mean_v a_o bare_a preservation_n but_o also_o all_o other_o contentment_n of_o life_n which_o every_o man_n by_o lawful_a industry_n without_o danger_n or_o hurt_v to_o the_o commonwealth_n shall_v acquire_v to_o himself_o and_o this_o be_v intend_v shall_v be_v do_v not_o by_o care_n apply_v to_o individuall_n law_n further_o than_o their_o protection_n from_o injury_n when_o they_o shall_v complain_v but_o by_o a_o general_a providence_n contain_v in_o public_a instruction_n 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and_o the_o gospel_n and_o epistle_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n have_v have_v one_o and_o the_o same_o scope_n to_o convert_v man_n to_o the_o obedience_n of_o god_n 1._o in_o moses_n and_o the_o priest_n 2._o in_o the_o man_n christ_n and_o 3._o in_o the_o apostle_n and_o the_o successor_n to_o apostolical_a power_n for_o these_o three_o at_o several_a time_n do_v represent_v the_o person_n of_o god_n moses_n and_o his_o successor_n the_o high_a priest_n and_o king_n of_o judah_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n christ_n himself_o in_o the_o time_n he_o live_v on_o earth_n and_o the_o apostle_n and_o their_o successor_n from_o the_o day_n of_o pentecost_n when_o the_o holy_a ghost_n descend_v on_o they_o to_o this_o day_n it_o be_v a_o question_n much_o dispute_v between_o the_o divers_a sect_n of_o christian_a state_v religion_n from_o whence_o the_o scripture_n derive_v their_o authority_n which_o question_n be_v also_o propound_v sometime_o in_o other_o term_n as_o how_o we_o know_v 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